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Blue Tree Project

Blue Tree Project is an Australian mental health charity founded in 2019, inspired by the heartbreaking loss of Jayden Whyte in 2018 to suicide. Jayden was a deeply loved son, brother, and friend. What began as a grassroots effort in regional Western Australia has since grown into a widely recognized movement with global reach and impact.


The blue painted trees have become powerful symbols of hope, encouraging open honest conversations about mental health. 
Click here to learn more about how you can organize a blue tree painting.

   Mental Health in Agriculture

    Even during the best of times, the pressures that farmers face are ever-changing, demanding, and involve high stakes. The nature of the work itself requires that farmers regularly cope with the unknown, and deal with losses despite their best efforts and high-level of technical skill. 


    For many farmers, their very identity is tied to their farm and their business. So when things go poorly, that “failure” is often taken on as a personal failure, even though they did everything right. Additionally, many hesitate to seek help due to stigma around mental illness and limited rural resources.

   National Farmer Crisis Line (24/7)                   (866) FARMS-01                   (866) 327-6701
   Agricultural Health, Wellness and Safety News

   Saltscapes Magazine (2025)
"Healing those who feed us" - Jody Delong

   Press Release (February, 2025)
"Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing Launches the National Farmer Wellness Network"

   Owen Roberts, the Observer (May, 2023)
"New centre is a big step forward for farmers’ wellbeing"

   Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (March 2023)
"Government of Canada supports farmers’ mental health"

   CBC News (January, 2023)
"Amid greater climate impacts, there's new national support for the mental health of farmers"

   Real Ag Radio (November, 2022) 
"Farmer mental health the focus of new Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing"